Top 10 Albums of 2006

I know there are still a few days left in 2006, and maybe I'll hear something in the next 2 days that will change my list (I should probably wait until April to post this list so the dust can settle and the fat can rise to the top and all). But as of today, here are my top 10 albums of 2006.1. M. Ward – Post-War2. Josh Ritter – The Animal Years 3. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood4. Flaming Lips – At War with the Mystics5. Johnny Cash – American V: A Hundred Highways 6. Bob Dylan – Modern Times7. Tom Petty – Highway Companion 8. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere9. The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldier 10. Sufjan Stevens – The AvalancheHere are some other albums from '06 worth a listen. • Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not• Richard Ashcroft – Keys to the World• Beck – The Information• Bonnie “Prince” Billy – The Letting Go• Rosanne Cash – Black Cadillac• Cat Power – The Greatest • The Decemberists – The Crane Wife• Roco Deluca & The Burden – I Trust You to Kill Me• Drive-By Truckers – A Blessing and a Curse• Feist – Open Season• Ben Harper – Both Sides of the Gun• Herbert - Scale• Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris – All the Roadrunning• Ray Lamontagne – Till the Sun Turns Black• Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat• Loose Fur – Born Again in the USA• John Mayer – Continuum • Willie Nelson – Songbird• Damien Rice – 9• Josh Rouse – Subtitulo • Paul Simon – Surprise• Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions • Sufjan Stevens – Songs For Christmas• Derek Trucks – Songlines • TV on the Radio – Return To Cookie Mountain • Tom Waits – Orphans• Derek Webb – Mockingbird• Cassandra Wilson – Thunderbird • Thom Yorke – The EraserIf this year was about four months longer, and folks would quit releasing good stuff, some of these albums might have bumped others off my top 10.I've shown you mine...you show me yours.